Kristina Bravo , LMFT

Kristina Bravo is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Texas. She supports people facing trauma, relationship struggles, and life transitions, with a focus on women's issues and LGBT concerns. She also helps with mood and anxiety symptoms, panic, and difficulties tied to sexuality and identity.

Her approach draws on many traditions that have shaped her over time. She weaves mindfulness practices such as Vipassana meditation with attention to the body and how trauma shows up physically. She also integrates perspectives from depth psychology, social psychoanalysis, and the healing practices she describes from Mexican and African Indigenous traditions.

Kristina places emphasis on listening to each person's lived experience. She pays attention to family of origin patterns, attachment issues, and intergenerational themes that can affect how people relate to themselves and others. Sessions often include grounding, breath awareness, and talking through patterns that keep someone stuck.

She has worked in the field for 21 years. That experience informs a flexible style that mixes practical coping strategies with reflective inquiry. Clients can expect a therapist who respects cultural and ancestral influences while addressing current symptoms like panic attacks, social anxiety, or somatic distress.

Kristina offers sessions in English and provides online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Her practice responds to each person's needs and pace during the process of change.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Kristina draws on mindfulness and somatic-oriented methods that help people notice body sensations and breath patterns tied to stress or trauma. These practices aim to reduce reactivity and create steadier moment-to-moment awareness, which can help with panic, somatization, and trauma symptoms.

She also uses depth-oriented and relational perspectives that look at family of origin, attachment patterns, and intergenerational themes. These approaches focus on understanding how past relationships shape current behavior and emotions, useful for issues like communication problems, attachment struggles, and relationship difficulties.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then try methods that match those needs. That collaborative process includes checking in and adjusting strategies as progress unfolds.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for different schedules. Video is useful for fuller conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins or ongoing written reflection between sessions. These formats make it easier to maintain regular contact and adapt therapy to a person's day-to-day life.